Usually means: Bitter indignation at having been wronged.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word resentment:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. resentment: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. resentment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. resentment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. resentment: Collins English Dictionary
  5. resentment: Vocabulary.com
  6. Resentment, resentment: Wordnik
  7. resentment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. resentment: Wiktionary
  9. resentment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. resentment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. resentment: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Resentment, resentment: Dictionary.com
  13. resentment: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Resentment (Kesha song), Resentment (Victoria Beckham song), Resentment (song), Resentment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Resentment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. resentment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. resentment: Rhymezone
  18. Resentment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. resentment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. resentment: Free Dictionary
  21. resentment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. resentment: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. resentment: Legal dictionary

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  1. resentment: Encyclopedia

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  1. resentment: Idioms

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  1. resentment: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.
noun:  (obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon it; feeling; impression.
noun:  (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude

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